Advanced Rigger (Spring Outage)

The Nuclear Company · Multiple Locations (Traveling Project Work)

  • Junior
  • Full-time
  • Posted 2026-10-19
  • Confirmed live on 28 October 2026

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Job description

The Nuclear Company is the fastest-growing AI-enabled startup in nuclear energy, bringing together experienced nuclear professionals, technologists, engineers, and builders to deliver the next generation of nuclear power. Through our design-once, build-many approach, we are creating a repeatable model for deploying nuclear fleets—combining the industry’s highest standards for safety, quality, and regulatory rigor with the speed and innovation required to meet the world’s growing energy needs.

We are building the future of nuclear work. Every employee is expected to use AI, technology, and our Nuclear Operating System (NOS) to strengthen engineering and operational decision-making, improve quality, eliminate inefficiencies, and accelerate execution without compromising safety. Our nuclear expertise shapes the continued evolution of NOS, enabling us to capture institutional knowledge, standardize best practices, and deliver complex projects with greater consistency and certainty.

We hire people who believe nuclear energy is essential to human progress. Our team is made up of mission-driven experts who respect the rigor of the industry while challenging outdated ways of working. They bring deep technical judgment, intellectual curiosity, high agency, and the humility to learn from others. Our values—Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappy, and Tenacity—guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions. Together, they form TRUST, the foundation of our safety culture and our commitment to intellectual honesty, personal accountability, open communication, and operational excellence.

TNC Services, the services division of The Nuclear Company, supports America's existing nuclear fleet by delivering specialized maintenance, outage execution, technical expertise, and workforce solutions. The organization includes the 25-year legacy and expertise of Powerhouse Resources while continuing to expand its capabilities through strategic growth, helping utilities maximize the reliability of today's nuclear fleet while advancing the next generation of nuclear energy.

Please Note [[OUTAGE - TRAVEL - PROJECT WORK]]:

Multiple Locations: Brunswick Nuclear Station (North Carolina) and St. Lucie Nuclear Plant (Florida)

Pay Rate: $55.00/ hourly. Pier diem available

Spring Outage approximate timeframe March 2027 - April 2027

One Application. Multiple Opportunities.

This posting is used to identify qualified candidates for current and upcoming outage and project work across our field services team.

Apply once, and we'll consider you for opportunities that match your experience, certifications, travel preferences, and availability.

If your background aligns with a current or future project, one of our recruiters will reach out to discuss the opportunity in more detail.

About the role

TNC Services is seeking experienced Advanced Riggers holding an active NCCCO Level II Rigger certification to support maintenance, repair, and outage activities at commercial nuclear power plants and other industrial facilities.

This position is responsible for performing complex rigging and lifting operations involving turbine generators, pumps, motors, valves, heat exchangers, and other heavy mechanical equipment. Candidates must have extensive experience with critical lifts, load calculations, rigging configurations, and nuclear lifting and handling requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced rigging activities associated with turbine generators, pumps, motors, valves, heat exchangers, and other heavy industrial equipment.

• Select, inspect, and properly utilize wire rope slings, synthetic slings, chain slings, shackles, spreader beams, lifting beams, chain falls, hoists, and specialty lifting devices.

• Calculate load weights, centers of gravity, sling angles, sling tensions, and rigging capacities.

• Read and interpret engineered lift plans, rigging drawings, equipment specifications, and applicable load charts.

• Participate in the planning and execution of complex and critical lifts in coordination with Lift Directors, crane operators, and site supervision.

• Perform equipment removal, installation, rotation, and positioning in restricted or congested work areas.

• Inspect rigging equipment before use and identify damaged, defective, or unsuitable equipment.

• Coordinate lifting activities with crane operators, signalpersons, mechanical crews, and other personnel involved in the lift.

• Maintain proper load control using tag lines, chain falls, hoists, and other approved rigging methods.

• Follow approved work packages, plant procedures, lifting and handling requirements, and nuclear work control practices.

• Participate in pre-job briefs, job hazard analyses, lift plan reviews, and human performance activities.

• Maintain compliance with Foreign Material Exclusion (FME), industrial safety, and nuclear quality requirements.

• Assist mechanical crews with equipment disassembly, installation, and maintenanc

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